Ecumenical Officers
The District Ecumenical Panel is the group that have the oversight of ecumenical issues in the District. Its current convenor is Revd John Emmett who is the District Ecumenical Officer. It consists of the Chair of District, two members, preferably one ordained and one layperson, from each of the five ‘county’ region covered by the District, the inter-faith advisor and one of our representatives on the SW Regional Forum. One of the members covering each of ‘county’ region is designated the Methodist Ecumenical Officer for that county. The District Ecumenical Officer co-ordinated the activities of the County Officers and has a place on the District Leadership team and the Policy Committee. Thus an ecumenical dimension can be encouraged in all District business.
The current constituency of the Panel is:
District Ecumenical Officer: Revd Dr John C A Emmett
Assistant Ecumenical Officers:
Gloucester: Revd Carrie Seaton
Greater Bristol Revd Peter Grimwood
Somerset Revd Peter Mortlock
Swindon Revd Derek J Collins
Wiltshire: Revd Martyn J Skinner
with the following representatives to the County bodies:
Churches Together for Greater Bristol: Chairman of the District, Revd Peter Grimwood and Mr David Carter
Gloucestershire Churches Together: Chairman of the District, Revd Carrie Seaton and Mr Alan Garnham
Somerset Churches Together: Chairman of the District, Revd Dr John C A Emmett and (vacancy)
Swindon Churches Together: Chairman of the District, Revd Derek J Collins and (vacancy)
Wiltshire Churches Together: Chairman of the District, Revd Martyn J Skinner and (vacancy)
Methodist/U.R.C. Oversight Group: Chairman of the District, Revd Dr John C. A. Emmett and (vacancy)
Representatives to SW Churches Forum: Chairman of the District
Representatives to SW Regional Council of Faiths and District Inter-Faith Advisor (vacancy)
As can be seen there are opportunities to serve on the Panel, We need more lay persons to join and the posts of Assistant Ecumenical Officers that must be filled if we are to show our commitment to ecumenical working to our partner denominations. See the OPPORTUNITIES page for more details including a basic job descriptions.
